Sierra Wireless MC7304 - Setup?
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I've just built myself a new pfSense box, and wanted to get a 3g/4g failover working… I've done a fair bit of search but found nothing conclusive on getting the MC7304 to work.
It's being detected be not giving any serial interfaces. I suspect I need to change it's mode somehow (I remember using usb_modeswitch on Linux with an older USB modem) but not sure on this card.
If anyone has any insights on getting the card to work!
ugen0.2: <sierra wireless,="" incorporated="" mc7304="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
bLength = 0x0012
bDescriptorType = 0x0001
bcdUSB = 0x0200
bDeviceClass = 0x0000 <probed by="" interface="" class="">bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
idVendor = 0x1199
idProduct = 0x68c0
bcdDevice = 0x0006
iManufacturer = 0x0001 <sierra wireless,="" incorporated="">iProduct = 0x0002 <mc7304>iSerialNumber = 0x0003 <retrieving string="" failed="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001</retrieving></mc7304></sierra></probed></sierra> -
I don't have exactly the same modem myself, but I suppose it will not work with pfSense:
- there is no support for MBIM or QMI
- some Sierra devices expose only single serial modem interface while pfSense would like to see 2 ports, one for PPP and another for the control
Anyway, you can try. Please show the output of AT!UDUSBCOMP=? and AT!UDUSBCOMP?
Don't forget to unlock commands with AT!ENTERCND="A710" (assuming you have a com port exposed by the card)Edit:
just noticed "not giving any serial interfaces". It's probably not the best approach, but you may need to use Windows or Linux machine to make the change. There are some recipes on Internet, just google for "mc7304 enable ports" -
Actually MBIM is what it needs. The MC73xx family is all the same.
root@E6420:~ # cu -l /dev/cuaU0.2 Connected at OK atz OK at!udinfo? VID: 0x1199 APP PID: 0x68C0 BOOT PID: 0x68C0 Interface: QBI Manufacturer: Sierra Wireless, Incorporated Product: MC7354 OK at!entercnd="A710" OK at!udusbcomp=? 0 - reserved NOT SUPPORTED 1 - DM AT SUPPORTED 2 - reserved NOT SUPPORTED 3 - reserved NOT SUPPORTED 4 - reserved NOT SUPPORTED 5 - reserved NOT SUPPORTED 6 - DM NMEA AT QMI SUPPORTED 7 - DM NMEA AT RMNET1 RMNET2 RMNET3 SUPPORTED 8 - DM NMEA AT MBIM SUPPORTED 9 - MBIM SUPPORTED 10 - NMEA MBIM SUPPORTED 11 - DM MBIM SUPPORTED 12 - DM NMEA MBIM SUPPORTED 13 - Config1: comp6 Config2: comp8 NOT SUPPORTED 14 - Config1: comp6 Config2: comp9 SUPPORTED 15 - Config1: comp6 Config2: comp10 NOT SUPPORTED 16 - Config1: comp6 Config2: comp11 NOT SUPPORTED 17 - Config1: comp6 Config2: comp12 NOT SUPPORTED 18 - Config1: comp7 Config2: comp8 NOT SUPPORTED 19 - Config1: comp7 Config2: comp9 SUPPORTED 20 - Config1: comp7 Config2: comp10 NOT SUPPORTED 21 - Config1: comp7 Config2: comp11 NOT SUPPORTED 22 - Config1: comp7 Config2: comp12 NOT SUPPORTED OK at!udusbcomp? !UDUSBCOMP: 8 OKNotice udusbcomp=8 and that is MBIM +GPS+AT Console+DM
So AndrewZ is absolutely right is that it needs switching from QMI mode for the serial ports to show up in FreeBSD/pfSense.
You can use a Linux LiveCD and minicom into the modem and do the switch with at!udusbcomp=8. -
When you switch it to composition 8 you are enabling the AT port which is what pfSense can use. You get an MBIM port too but there is no MBIM support in FreeBSD yet.
It would work equally well in compositions 6, 7 or 8 but not in 9 which is probably what it was set by default.
if you choose 14 or 19 then you get two USB config indexes and can choose between them.
Steve
